Solved Windows 8 laptop is so slow but new!

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windows8drama

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Hi Guys, I've had terrible performance from my Windows 8 laptop, so much so that I cannot watch youtube on one tab whilst using another tab to google search. What happens is a massive blurring of the audio and a slow down and freezing of the laptop. I have good specs on my laptop (6GB am) and know the performance is inadequate- someone please help! I have a screenshot of the Task Manager for help troubleshooting. Regards, View attachment 53404View attachment 53405
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio
Make sure that all your Windows Update are up to date.
Consider updating to Windows 8.1
Uncheck any programs starting up unnecessarily in the StartUp tab and what anti virus program are you using and how much RAM do you have.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
Yep.
Update to 8.1.1.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
Nuccii said:
Make sure that all your Windows Update are up to date.
Consider updating to Windows 8.1
Uncheck any programs starting up unnecessarily in the StartUp tab and what anti virus program are you using and how much RAM do you have.
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I have 6GB RAM and I use Kapersky. Even uninstalling the anti virus has no effect on the performance. To be honest, I don't want to upgrade to Windows 8.1- I did that once already but did a factory reset due to issues with the laptop- and it set everything back to Windows 8 again....

How do you find out what is in the start up tab?

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
Click the Start tab in Task Manager.
What issues did you have when you went to Win 8.1, perhaps we may help you with them.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
Nuccii said:
Click the Start tab in Task Manager. What issues did you have when you went to Win 8.1, perhaps we may help you with them.[/QUOTE The laptop still seemed slow, so much more so than my old Windows XP laptop. I sent it off to Sony (the manufacturer) and everything went back to factory settings. There was in fact some improvement in performance for a while, but flared up again a couple of days ago.
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio
So you don't know what repairs Sony did other than restore it to Factory conditions. l see no reason not to update to Windows 8.1
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
Nuccii said:
So you don't know what repairs Sony did other than restore it to Factory conditions. l see no reason not to update to Windows 8.1
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I've tried updating but this is what I get for a very very long time ^^. It appears this happens when a previous update to 8.1 has been disrupted. So I think I'll just go and send back the laptop to Sony- and they can also fix my headphone port at that too.

Thanks guys!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio
your welcome
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
This happened to a new laptop of mine too. But it was with Windows 7, and the problem was a defective hard drive. Could be they just resetted everything to factory w/o checking up on the hard drive. A hard drive need not malfunction in order to be defective. It could still do its job, but very slowly... If you have a spare hard drive, try to swap it and see if that's the problem. Then, get a replacement for it ASAP while it's still under warranty...

windows8drama said:
The laptop still seemed slow, so much more so than my old Windows XP laptop. I sent it off to Sony (the manufacturer) and everything went back to factory settings. There was in fact some improvement in performance for a while, but flared up again a couple of days ago.
Click to expand...

So you noticed. XP is by far the best crafted OS by Microsoft. Doesn't matter if you're running next year's Broadwell processor with DDR4 RAM. XP will blow 7/8/10 out of the water so long as the machine has drivers for it...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
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